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10 YEARS AT THE TOP OF FOOTBALL

Leo Messi, a decade as the best in the world

Published:4/10/2019 - 20:02h

Updated:4/10/2019 - 20:05h

Ten years ago, Leo Messi first conquered the Golden Ball and the FIFA World Player (formerly 'The Best'). The Argentine made a review of that period

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This season, Lionel Messi has obtained the prize The Best FIFA 2019 that accredits him like better footballer of the world. Curiously, the reign of the Argentinian star in the panorama futblístico world-wide gave start does a decade, obtaining in 2009 the Balloon of Gold and the FIFA World Player (the prize of the FIFA before 'The Best') after a season 2008-09 in which it guided to the Barça of Pep Guardiola to the triplete.

In some statements for the FIFA, Leo Messi reviewed by on these 10 years in which it has not stopped to accumulate prizes, including five trophies Balloon of Gold and a 'The Best'. "It has happened long and they have happened a lot of things between half. I grew a lot like player and like person, am casasdo, have three children... Lamentably it happened all very fast", explained.

The captain culé also left clear that all the attained in the past is beautiful, but that a footballer always has to look to the present and to the future. "We can not enjoy of this profession, of what achieves , because the football never for and is difficult to stop to think in what it did . When there are old things of previous years, really darse of what means, the beautiful that it was this moment and the important that is to enjoy the day in day out", said.

Also it commanded him a message to the 'Messi of the past'. "It would say him that it enjoy of the football, that keep on being as it went it always. This is the most important, the other comes if god wants. God knows what does and reason does it and if they have to give the titles, will give and if no, no. The important is to enjoy of what to one liked him of chiquito and already of elder, that is to play to the football", sentenced.

Messi, in constant evolution

From 2005, in spite of that the Argentinian finish of 'go out of the egg', as that that says, already showed his talent descomunal. The Argentinian grew a lot with Frank Rikjaard and afterwards kept the hope of a FC Barcelona in decadence, that saw like idols like Ronaldinho or Deco no longer had the same performance that antaño.

Over time, and after having his 'boom' definite in the season 2008-09 with Pep Guardiola in the bench, the game of Messi was evolving and happened to be a player individualista and definidor to a footballer of team, that follows marking a lot of goals but that now, on, manufactures them so that they finalise them his mates. The Argentinian learnt to reinvent and now keeps on being the number one.

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